Healthyself-esteemislikeachild'sarmoragainstthechallengesoftheworld.Kidswhoknowtheirstrengthsandweaknessesandfeelgoodaboutthemselvesseemtohavea(n)(51)___timehandlingconflictsand(52)___negativepressures.T
Healthyself-esteemislikeachild'sarmoragainstthechallengesoftheworld.Kidswhoknowtheirstrengthsandweaknessesandfeelgoodaboutthemselvesseemtohavea(n)(51)___timehandlingconflictsand(52)___negativepressures.Theytendtosmilemorereadilyandenjoylife.Thesekidsarerealisticandgenerallyoptimistic.Incontrast,kidswithlowself-esteemcanfindchallengestobesourcesofmajoranxietyand(53)___.Thosewhothinkpoorlyofthemselveshaveahardtimefindingsolutionstoproblems.Ifgiventoself-criticalthoughtssuchas"I'mnogood"or"Ican'tdoanythingright,"theymaybecomepassive,(54)___,ordepressed.Facedwithanewchallenge,theirimmediateresponsemightbe"Ican't."
Self-esteemis(55)___toself-worth(howmuchapersonvalueshimselforherself).Thiscanchangefromdaytodayorfromyeartoyear,but(56)___self-esteemtendstodevelopfrominfancyandkeepgoinguntilweareadults.
Self-esteemalsocanbe(57)___asfeelingcapablewhilealsofeelingloved.Achildwhoishappywitha(n)(58)___butdoesnotfeellovedmay(59)___experiencelowself-esteem.Likewise,achildwhofeelslovedbutishesitantabouthisorherownabilitiescanalsodeveloplowself-esteem.Healthyself-esteemcomeswhenagood(60)___ismaintained.
Patternsofself-esteemstartveryearlyinlife.Theconceptofsuccessfollowingeffortand(61)___startsearly.Oncepeoplereachadulthood,it'shardertomakechangestohowtheyseeanddefinethemselves.So,it'swisetothinkaboutdevelopingand(62)___self-esteemduringchildhood.Askidstry,fail,tryagain,failagain,andthenfinallysucceed,theydevelopideasabouttheirowncapabilities.Atthesametime,they'recreatingaself-concept(63)___interactionswithotherpeople.Thisiswhyparental(64)___iskeytohelpingkidsformaccurate,healthyself-perceptions.
Parentsandcaregiverscanpromotehealthyself-esteembyshowingencouragementandenjoymentinmanyareas.(65)___focusingononespecificarea,forexample,successonaspellingtest,whichcanleadtokidsfeelingthatthey'reonlyasvaluableastheirtestscores.
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